Calpains Can Do It Alone: Implications for Cancer Therapy

Commentary to: Mu-Calpain Activation in Beta-Lapachone-Mediated Apoptosis Colleen Tagliarino, John J. Pink, Kathryn Reinicke, Sara M. Simmers and David A. Boothman

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